Mark Brown, professor emeritus in ESSIE’s Environmental Engineering Sciences Department, was recognized as a Fellow of the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) at their annual meeting in Tampa, Florida in June. AEES bestows Fellow recognition to members with exemplary qualifications and sustained excellence in contributions to the practice, research, and education in the field of Ecological Engineering. Fellows are leaders in their discipline and accomplished members of our society with a minimum of 10 years active membership in AEES, have dedicated substantial effort and resources towards the betterment of the discipline, and demonstrate evidence that they will make a positive contribution for the society in their role as a Fellow.

Brown received the AEES Odum Award in 2019, the highest honor bestowed by AEES. The Odum Award honors two of the most influential figures in defining and pioneering the concepts and practices of Ecological Engineering: Howard T. and Eugene Odum. This award recognizes a lifetime of achievement and contributions during their career to research, education, and practice in the field of Ecological Engineering.

AEES was founded 24 years ago to promote the development of sustainable ecosystems that integrate human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both by fostering education and outreach, extending professional development and associations, raising public awareness, and encouraging original research. The vision of the Society is that AEES is the lead organization integrating ecological design principles in engineering education and practice. Brown was a founding member of AEES and served as its second president of AEES in 2002-2003.